noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
political
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This is a fact of life itself, and no amount of political or social manoeuvring will remove it.
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The general's resignation, if it does happen, will be the culmination of months of political manoeuvring .
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I was probably as safe a person as anyone in that ferment of gossip and political manoeuvrings .
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A government department may place emphasis on careful administration and attention to detail, to research and to political manoeuvring .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the end of 1917 there was much parliamentary manoeuvring over proportional representation.
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Beware of the clandestine manoeuvrings of jealous colleagues or covetous rivals Wednesday.
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But it was in Edinburgh where boardroom manoeuvring was at its most intriguing.
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But the important point about this manoeuvring is how essentially low-key it was.
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The proposal itself was less controversial than the party manoeuvring which had gone before it.
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This is a fact of life itself, and no amount of political or social manoeuvring will remove it.
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With more skilful manoeuvring , Short surrounded Karpov's king's pawn and invaded with his rook.